RE: California State Bill SB1386

From: System Administrator <root(at)holyelvis.com>
Date: Tue Mar 25 2003 - 11:07:08 EST

Unfortunately, this appears to be an issue that will have to be decided by a court, after a case has been brought. I cannot find any section of the CA Civil Code that directly addresses a definition of "encryption", nor does SB1386 define it for any purpose (could it be that they didn't really understand the complexity of encryption methods, or that they ignored them and plodded on?).

I'll do some quick research on case law to see if there's any precedent in CA to define "encryption", but my guess is there won't be much, if any, that would work along with SB1386.

Cliff Gilley
System Administrator, HolyElvis.com
Attorney, WSBA #30707

Note: Nothing in this email should be considered legal advice or a binding legal opinion. This is merely a comment based on minimal research of SB1386 and the CA Civil Code.

On Sun, 23 Mar 2003, Steve Zenone wrote:

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